Fairfield Area Development Commission

121 East Main Street
Fairfield, Illinois 62837
Phone & FAX (618)-842-4802
adc@fairfieldwireless.net

Mickey Borah, Mayor

cityffld@fairfieldwireless.net

City of Fairfield
2009 Council Meeting Schedule

January 13 & 17
February 10 & 24
March 10 & 24
April 14 & 28
May 12 & 26
June 9 & 23
July 14& 28
August 11 & 25
September 8 & 22
October 13 & 27
November 10 & 24
December 8 & 22

City Elected Officials

Mayor	Mickey Borah	618/842-3871
City Clerk	Tina Hutchcraft	618/8477396
1st Ward Alderman	Tom Tucker	618/842-3133
1st Ward Alderman	Jeff Wise	618/847-7926
2nd Ward Alderman	David Simpson	618/842-5936
2nd Ward Alderman	Jim Griffith	618/842-7858
3rd Ward Alderman	Doug Skaggs	618/842-7211
3rd Ward Alderman	Harry Morlan	618/842-3796
4th Ward Alderman	Phil Williams	618/842-6361
4th Ward Alderman	Roland Matthews	618/842-7490

City Appointees and Department Heads

City Treasurer	Julie Duncan	618/842-6171
City Collector	Shirley Miller	618/842-5016
City Attorney	Mike Molt	618/842-4080
Zoning Officer	Susan Murphy	618/842-4802
Billing Department	Loretta Haygood	618/842-2047
Power Plant	Bob Clutter	618/842-4821
Electric Line	Ed Garrett	618/842-3445
Water Filtration	David Boyd	618/847-424
Water Distribution	Dennis Zurliene	618/842-7015
Sewer Plant	Ron Smith	618/842-7026
Gas Department	Rick Doty	618/842-9736
Police Department	W. Brad Winter	618/842-2151
Cemetery	David Milner	618/842-2851
Garage	D. E. Young	618/847-3701
Street & Bridge	Marty McGuire	618/842-3261
Fire Chief	Mike Pottorff	618/842-2104
Auxiliary Police	Charles Talbert	618/842-7119
FWCADC	Susan Murphy	618/842-4802
Accounts Payable	Denise Elliott	618/847-7396
Airport	George Bone	618/842-9587
General Superintendent	Kenny Foley	618/842-2647
Ambulance		618/842-9131

Type of Government:
Mayor - Aldermen; 4 wards - 8 aldermen

Annual Budget (2008-09):
$27,309,764

Assessed Value of Property: (2007 paid in 2008)
$30,047,627

Basic Tax Rate: (2007 paid in 2008)

Per $100 Assessed Value
City	1.09496
County	1.11328
Township	0.91658
High School	2.37375
Grade School	2.73446
Area College	0.37165
Library	0.14977
Parks	0.80811
Ambulance	0.16181
Total	9.72437
Multiplier	1.0

Police Force:

• Full-time officers: 13
• Auxiliary: 12
• Civilian personnel: 5
• Patrol Cars: 4

Fire Protection:

• Full-time firemen: 4
• Volunteers: 22
• Fire Insurance Rating - class 6
• Types of equipment:
• Pumpers: 4
• Rescue Unit: 1

Rural Fire Department headquartered in Fairfield

• All volunteer: 24
• Types of equipment:
• Pumpers: 2
• Tankers: 2
• "Brush" truck-small pumper: 1
• Units mobile less than two minutes after alert

Zoning:

Municipal Zoning Ordinance in effect

• Residential: R-1, R-2, R-3
• Business: B-1, B-2, B-3
• Industrial: Industrial
• Agriculture
• Public

Solid Waste Collection:

City franchise by private collection service

Libraries:

• Municipal Public Library
• Member Shawnee Library system
• Building houses historical society museum
• Frontier Community College Learning Resource Center

Parking Facilities:

• Free downtown parking lots: 6
• No parking meters in town

Recreational Facilities:

• City parks: 4
  • Swimming pool
  • Lighted ball diamonds
  • Lighted tennis courts
  • Picnic shelters
  • Band shell
  • Fishing
  • Boating
  • Playgrounds.

Public Golf Course and Country Club

• Fairfield's Country Club offers private memberships, but from April to October it is open for public play six days a week.  This 18-hole course features the mature first 9-holes with the "new-9" now open for play.
  The "New-9" weaves through a brand new subdivision, Ferrington Farms.  That subdivision currently has
  new housing under construction and offers lots approximately one acre in size.

Museums:

• Early History Museum,

  In a wing of the Fairfield Public Library, contains items from the 1800's to the early 1900's. Currently the museum is open only by appointment. 618/842-3711 ext 4201.



• Hanna House Museum,

  First and Center Streets, showcases relics from the 1920's to the present. It is open Sunday afternoons, 12:30 - 4:00, March through November. 618/842-3711 ext 4201.